The geotraveller : geology of famous geosites and areas of historical interest / Roger N. Scoon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scoon, Roger N., author.

Series:

Earth and Environmental Science Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology--Guidebooks.

Geology.

Geoparks--Guidebooks.

Geoparks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (liii, 398 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]

Summary:

This book describes famous geosites and historical localities in national parks and conservation areas from North America, East Africa, and Europe. The geosites include iconic landforms associated with active volcanoes, canyons, glaciated landscapes, natural rock monoliths, and rifts. The potential for geotourism in historical localities such.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

The Geotraveller

Contents

Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Boxes

1 Canyonlands National Park and Monument Valley, Eastern and Southern Utah

Abstract

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Colorado Plateau

1.3 Regional Geology

1.3.1 Upper Carboniferous

1.3.2 Lower Permian

1.3.3 Triassic

1.3.4 Jurassic

1.3.5 Mineral Resources

1.4 Canyonlands National Park

1.4.1 Stratigraphy

1.4.2 Salt Domes

1.4.3 Additional Features

1.4.4 Trails

1.5 Monument Valley

1.5.1 Navajo Tribal Park

1.5.2 Stratigraphy

1.5.3 Monuments

References

2 Arches National Park and Dinosaur National Monument, Eastern Utah

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Regional Geology

2.3 Moab Fault

2.4 Arches National Park

2.4.1 Geological Setting

2.4.2 Middle Jurassic Sandstone

2.4.3 Formation of Arches

2.4.4 Delicate Arch

2.4.5 Landscape Arch

2.4.6 Balanced Rocks

2.4.7 Trails

2.4.8 Stone Tools

2.5 Dinosaur National Monument

2.5.1 Geological Setting

2.5.2 Morrison Formation

2.5.3 Quarry Sandstone

3 Yosemite National Park, California

3.1 Introduction

3.2 History of the Park

3.3 Ecosystems

3.4 Park Entrances

3.5 Geological Setting

3.6 Glaciations

3.7 Geosites

3.7.1 Formation of Granitic Domes

3.7.2 Alpine Lakes

3.7.3 Waterfalls

3.8 Giant Sequoia

4 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

4.1 Introduction

4.2 History and Physiography

4.3 Fauna

4.4 Rocky Mountains

4.4.1 Grand Teton National Park

4.5 Older Volcanism

4.6 Yellowstone Volcano

4.7 Late Pleistocene Ice Ages

4.8 Yellowstone Caldera

4.8.1 Yellowstone Tuff

4.8.2 Plateau Rhyolite

4.8.3 Obsidian

4.8.4 Basalt Flows

4.9 Geothermal Activity

4.9.1 Circulation of Groundwater

4.9.2 Hot Springs.

4.9.3 Mudpots and Fumaroles

4.9.4 Geysers

4.9.5 Travertine

4.10 Yellowstone Lake and Canyon

5 National Parks of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Rocky Mountain Fold-and-Thrust Belt

5.3 Erosion and Ice Ages

5.4 Geological Setting

5.5 Jasper National Park

5.5.1 Lake Maligne

5.5.2 Maligne Gorge

5.5.3 Mounts Edith Cavell and Geraldine

5.5.4 Waterfalls on the Athabasca River

5.5.5 Columbia Icefield

5.5.6 Athabasca Glacier

5.6 Banff National Park

5.6.1 Bow Valley

5.6.2 Lake Louise

5.6.3 Moraine Lake

5.7 Yoho National Park

5.7.1 Natural Bridge and Emerald Lake

5.7.2 Cambrian Explosion of Life

5.7.3 Burgess Shale

6 National Parks, Rivers and Lakes of Southern Uganda

6.1 Introduction

6.2 National Parks and Speciation Patterns

6.3 Regional Geology

6.3.1 Central African Craton

6.3.2 Proterozoic Mobile Belts

6.3.3 Regional Plateau

6.3.4 East Africa Rift System

6.4 Lakes and Rivers

6.4.1 Lake Albert and Lake Edward

6.4.2 Lake Victoria

6.4.3 Victoria Nile

6.5 Quaternary Climatic Regimes

6.6 Lake Victoria and the Victoria Nile

6.7 Murchison Falls National Park

6.7.1 Lake Albert

6.8 Queen Elizabeth National Park

6.8.1 Lake Edward and Lake George

6.9 Kibale National Park

6.10 Crater Fields

6.11 Rwenzori Mountain and Semliki National Parks

6.12 Lake Mburo National Park

6.13 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

6.14 Mgahinga National Park and the Virunga Mountains

6.14.1 Virunga Volcanic Province

6.14.2 Nyiragongo

6.15 Evolution of Mountain Gorilla

7 Lake Natron and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Northern Tanzania

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Regional Geology

7.3 Lake Natron

7.3.1 Geological Setting of Lake Natron.

7.4 Oldoinyo Lengai

7.5 Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA)

7.5.1 Geological Setting

7.5.2 Ngorongoro Caldera

7.5.3 Other Volcanoes of the Ngorongoro Volcanic Complex

7.5.4 Shifting Sands

7.5.5 Serengeti Migration

7.6 Oldupai Gorge

7.6.1 Geological Setting

7.6.2 Oldupai Group

7.6.3 Discovery of the Hominin Fossils

7.7 Laetoli

7.8 Evolution of Hominins

7.9 Treks

8 Mediterranean Basins and Italian Island Volcanoes

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Ancient Greeks and Romans

8.3 Regional Geology

8.3.1 Alpine Orogeny

8.3.2 Accretionary Convergent Margin

8.3.3 Apennine-Mahgreb Thrust

8.4 Mediterranean Basins

8.5 Earthquakes

8.6 Volcanism

8.6.1 Explosiveness of Eruptions

8.6.2 Magma Compositions

8.7 Aeolian Islands

8.7.1 Volcanic Island Arc

8.7.2 Stromboli

8.7.3 Vulcano

8.7.4 Fossa Cone

8.8 Etna

8.8.1 Early Volcanism

8.8.2 Historical Activity

8.8.3 Recent Activity

8.9 Pantelleria

8.10 Archaeological Sites of Magna Graecia

8.11 The Odyssey

9 Neapolitan Volcanoes, Southern Italy

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Volcanology

9.3 Regional Geology

9.4 Neapolitan Volcanoes

9.5 Campi Flegrei Volcano

9.5.1 Historical Tectonism

9.5.2 Magma Chamber

9.6 Ischia Volcano

9.6.1 Cliff Sections

9.6.2 Recent Activity

9.7 Somma-Vesuvius Massif

9.7.1 Prehistoric Eruptions of Somma-Vesuvius

9.7.2 Periodicity

9.7.3 79 AD Event

9.7.4 Roman Cities

9.7.5 Roman Beach Resorts

9.7.6 Details of the 79 AD Volcanic Deposits

9.8 Vesuvius National Park

10 Antiquities and Archaeological Sites of Southeast and Northwest Greece

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Regional Geology

10.2.1 Alpine Zones

10.2.2 Basins and Grabens

10.3 The Acropolis of Athens.

10.3.1 Tourkovounia Limestone

10.3.2 Antiquities

10.4 Plains of Marathon

10.5 Delphi

10.5.1 Regional Geology

10.5.2 Delphic Landscape

10.5.3 Antiquities

10.5.4 Delphic Oracles

10.6 The Pass of Thermopylae

10.6.1 Modern Landscape

10.6.2 Geomorphological Reconstruction

10.7 Pindus Mountains

10.7.1 Regional Geology

10.7.2 South Pindus Mountains

10.7.3 North Pindus Mountains

10.8 Meteora

10.8.1 Regional Geology

10.8.2 Meteora Group

11 Antiquities and Archaeological Sites of the Peloponnese and Zakynthos, Greece

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Early Civilizations

11.3 Regional Geology

11.3.1 Alpine Zones

11.3.2 Basins and Grabens

11.4 The Argolid

11.4.1 Ancient Humans

11.4.2 Antiquities

11.5 Corinthia and Achaea

11.5.1 Corinth Basin

11.5.2 Antiquities

11.5.3 Corinth Canal

11.5.4 Earthquakes and Tsunamis

11.6 Elis

11.6.1 Olympia

11.7 Arcadia

11.8 Laconia and Messenia

11.8.1 Antiquities in Laconia

11.8.2 Antiquities in Messenia

11.9 Zakynthos

11.9.1 Geological Framework

11.9.2 Earthquake of 1953

11.9.3 Springs

12 Volcanoes of the Hellenic Volcanic Arc, Greece

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Regional Geology

12.2.1 Aegean Basin

12.2.2 Subduction Zone

12.2.3 Island Arc Volcanism

12.3 Methana Peninsula

12.3.1 Geological Framework

12.3.2 Methana Volcanic Complex

12.3.3 Mavri Petra Volcano

12.3.4 Pausanias Submarine Volcanism

12.4 Milos

12.4.1 Geological Framework

12.4.2 Volcanism

12.4.3 Geotrails

12.4.4 Historical Mining

12.4.5 Archaeological Sites

12.4.6 Current Mining

12.4.7 Geosites

12.5 Santorini

12.5.1 Geological Framework

12.5.2 Explosive Cycles

12.5.3 Minoan Event

12.5.4 Historical and Archaeological Sites.

12.5.5 Kameni Islands

12.5.6 Columbo Seamount

12.5.7 Recent Activity

13 Antiquities and Archaeological Sites of Western Turkey

13.1 Introduction

13.2 First Century Christianity in Asia Minor

13.3 Regional Geology

13.3.1 Regional Sutures

13.3.2 Southwest Migration of the Anatolian Microplate

13.3.3 Basins and Grabens

13.3.4 Geological Terrains

13.3.5 Sea Level Changes

13.3.6 Geomorphological Changes

13.4 Troy

13.4.1 Geological Setting

13.4.2 Ancient Troy

13.4.3 Historical Reconstruction

13.5 Gallipoli Peninsula National Park

13.6 Assos and Pergamum

13.6.1 Geological Setting

13.6.2 Assos

13.6.3 Pergamum

13.7 Ephesus

13.7.1 Geological Setting

13.7.2 Antiquities

13.7.3 Geomorphological Reconstruction

13.8 Antiquities in the Denizli Basin

13.8.1 Geological Setting

13.8.2 Aphrodisias

13.8.3 Laodicea

13.8.4 Colossae and Kibyra

13.8.5 Marbles

14 The Hierapolis-Pamukkale Archaeological and Geosite, Southwest Turkey

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Travertine

14.3 Geological Setting

14.3.1 Denizli Basin

14.3.2 Pamukkale Travertine Deposits

14.3.3 Formation of the Travertine Deposits

14.4 Pamukkale Geosite

14.5 Hierapolis Archaeological Site

14.6 Earthquakes

15 Cappadocia, Central Turkey

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Historical Activity

15.3 Regional Geology

15.4 Cappadocia Volcanic Province

15.4.1 Petrogenesis and Volcanic Centres

15.4.2 Ignimbrite Sheets and Ash-Fall Deposits

15.5 Göreme Historical National Park

15.6 Differential Erosion

15.7 Human Settlement

15.7.1 Üchisar Castle

15.7.2 Ihlara Gorge

15.7.3 Underground Cities

15.8 Current Hazards

16 The Lake District, Northwest England

16.1 Introduction.

16.2 Human Settlement and Literary Connections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

3-030-54693-4

OCLC:

1243349953